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Licensure & Practice Across State Lines During COVID-19
As a result of the crisis, several governors have relaxed or suspended regulations concerning interjurisdictional telepsychology practice. However, the devil is in the details. Some of states' emergency orders allow for interjurisdictional telepsychology practice without notifying the state while others require you to notify the state and fill out forms before you can see patients. Some orders allow you to only see existing patients while others are more expansive. The ASPPB is tracking it all.
Link to Association of State and Provincial Psychology Boards (ASPPB) website. Click on “Temporary Interjurisdictional Telepsychological Practice & COVID-19” for most recent version of a state-by-state summary chart, which is updated twice daily: https://www.asppb.net/page/covid19
4/9/20 APA article on telehealth guidance by state during COVID-19, with link to
summary of telehealth policies by state
https://www.apaservices.org/practice/legal/technology/state-telehealth-guidance
State-specific resources
Maine
- Maine has issued an executive order to practice in the state: https://www.maine.gov/governor/mills/sites/maine.gov.governor.mills/files/ inline-files/EO%2035.pdf
- Link to ME Board of Examiners of Psychologists website: https://www.maine.gov/pfr/professionallicensing/professions/psychologist s/forms.html
There is a temporary license application now available on the Maine Office of Professional and Occupational Regulation page at http://www.maine.gov/pfr/professionallicensing/index.shtml
- Click on the red COVOID-19 EMERGENCY TEMPORARY LICENSE APPLICATION link. Once you have downloaded and completed the application, please email to the board address Psych.board@maine.gov
- Here is the link to the application: https://www.maine.gov/pfr/professionallicensing/professions/oos_lic_covid_emerg_temp_app.pdf
Massachusetts
- 3/29/20 MA order regarding practice across state lines: https://nhpsychology.org/resources/Documents/MA%20DOH%20ORDER -MAXIMIZING-AVAILABLE-HEALTHCARE-PROVIDERS-3.29.2020.pdf
- Link to MA Board of Registration of Psychology website: https://www.mass.gov/orgs/board-of-registration-of-psychologists
- Link to MA mental health practitioner emergency licensure application: https://www.mass.gov/doc/out-of-state-emergency-license-application-formental-health-practitioners/download
New Hampshire
- 5/18/20 Updated Executive Order click here
- On 3/24/20, Governor Sununu issued Emergency Order #15 Pursuant to Executive Order 2020-4 allowing temporary licensure of medical professions, including psychologists, to perform Telehealth services within the State of New Hampshire. A temporary license may be obtained at no cost to individuals licensed in good standing in another jurisdiction. Link to the order: https://nhpsychology.org/resources/Documents/nhemergency-order-telehealth-20200323.pdf
- Link to application for emergency licensure in NH: https://nhpsychology.org/resources/Documents/emergency-licenseform.pdf